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Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759 
AphiaID: 165158

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subgenus
Typetaxon Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 (type by monotypy)
Parent Spongia Linnaeus, 1759
Synonymised
taxa		  Ditela Schmidt, 1862 (junior synonym)
 Euspongia Bronn, 1859 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii). [details] [full text]

basis of record: Cook, S.D.C.; Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Bronn, H.G. 1859. Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Amorphozoen. (C.F. Winter:Leipzig and Heidelberg). [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Spongia (Spongia) adjimensis (Topsent, 1925)
Species Spongia (Spongia) agaricina Pallas, 1766
Species Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
Species Spongia (Spongia) arabica Keller, 1889
Species Spongia (Spongia) australis Bergquist, 1995
Species Spongia (Spongia) bailyi (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Spongia (Spongia) bibulus Rao, 1941
Species Spongia (Spongia) brunnea Lévi, 1969
Species Spongia (Spongia) cerebralis Thiele, 1905
Species Spongia (Spongia) ceylonensis Dendy, 1905
Species Spongia (Spongia) coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Spongia (Spongia) conifera (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Spongia (Spongia) cookii Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) distans (Schulz, 1900)
Species Spongia (Spongia) excavata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Spongia (Spongia) fenestrata Rao, 1941
Species Spongia (Spongia) fistulosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Spongia (Spongia) graminea Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814
Species Spongia (Spongia) hospes (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Spongia (Spongia) illawarra (Whitelegge, 1901)
Species Spongia (Spongia) irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879)
Species Spongia (Spongia) lesleighae Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004
Species Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) lobosa (Polejaeff, 1884)
Species Spongia (Spongia) magellanica Thiele, 1905
Species Spongia (Spongia) matamata de Laubenfels, 1954
Species Spongia (Spongia) mexicana Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) mollicula Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) nicholsoni Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) nitens (Schmidt, 1862)
Species Spongia (Spongia) obliqua Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Spongia (Spongia) obscura Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) oceanica de Laubenfels, 1950
Species Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
Species Spongia (Spongia) osculata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Spongia (Spongia) osculosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Spongia (Spongia) papyracea Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) perforata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Spongia (Spongia) pertusa Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) pilosa (Wilson, 1902)
Species Spongia (Spongia) solitaria Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Spongia (Spongia) sterea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
Species Spongia (Spongia) suriganensis (Wilson, 1925)
Species Spongia (Spongia) sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900)
Species Spongia (Spongia) tampa de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
Species Spongia (Spongia) tectoria Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) tenuiramosa (Dendy, 1905)
Species Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
Species Spongia (Spongia) violacea Lévi, 1969
Species Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868)
Species Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862

Species Spongia (Spongia) bartholomei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) caliciformis Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) cladonia Rafinesque, 1818 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) ditelliformis Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) divisa Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) dumetosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) guadelupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) haagenseni Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) intermedia Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) isidis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) krebbresi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) lacinulosiformis Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) napiformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) negligens Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) plana Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) prava Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) punctata Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) subcircularis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) tetheaformis Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) turrita Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) usitatissima Lamarck, 1814 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) vermiculatiformis Hyatt, 1877 (species inquirenda)
Species Spongia (Spongia) virgata Rafinesque, 1818 (species inquirenda)

Species Spongia (Spongia) corlosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Spongia (Spongia) idia de Laubenfels, 1932 accepted as Leiosella idia (de Laubenfels, 1932)
Species Spongia (Spongia) pikei (Hyatt, 1877) accepted as Fasciospongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165158
Taxonomic
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2010-05-17 18:25:03Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165158 on 2013-05-18
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